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The National Congress of American Indians, opening its Fourth Annual Convention in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Thursday, December 4, is prepared to discuss problems which Indians from Arizona to Alaska are facing today, according to [[?]] N. B. Johnson, President of the Congress. Himself a member of the Cherokee Tribe of Oklahoma and judge of the 12th judicial district of that State, Mr. Johnson pointed out that the membership of this Indian Congress is limited to persons who are Indian by blood.

Headquarters for the Convention will be at La Fonda Hotel, where registration will begin Thursday morning. The first formal session will get underway at 1 o'clock P.M. at Thursday Dec 4., with an address of welcome by Mr. Abel Paisano, Chairman of the All Pueblo Council and a member of Laguna Pueblo.

President Johnson finds it particularly fitting that this discussion of Indian problems should take place in Santa Fe, where the Pueblo Indians have been showing the way in dealing with the white man's world for almost 450 years. He said: "They have learned from the white man, but they also kept a decent regard for their own history and institutions. And in times of crisis, they have known how to stand together and support each other. Other Indians could profit from a study of the Pueblo record." According to Judge Johnson it is not far-fetched to say that the people of the United States and the world might learn lessons in the conduct of good government from the Pueblo people.

Guest speaker at a dinner to be held Friday night, December 7, will be Mrs. Ruth Kirk National chairman/Indian [[?]] [[?]] Federation of [[?]] Club. A number of distinguished guests will also be present for the dinner, which will be held at [[?]].

The Convention will continue in session through December 6, and it is expected that the plight of the Navaho Indians, who face a winter of privation and possible suffering after a brilliant record in World War II, will come in for a thorough airing. Doubtless the meeting will offer recommendations, but President Johnson was not prepared to state

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